Tag Archives: Letterpress Printing

Career Path: From Clapp to Gorgas

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Jenifer Bartle

It’s nine in the evening the Sunday after exam week at The University of Alabama. I’m in the bindery, on the top floor of the main library, making a box. During the fall of 2011, I worked in the typographic … Continue reading →

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The Rüben Broadside

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Jenifer Bartle

One of the most intense and exciting projects of the Fall 2011 semester in the Book Arts Lab was collaborating with an art history and biological studies class. This first-year seminar on the topic of the Art and Science of … Continue reading →

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Eye of the Storm

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Jenifer Bartle

During the final weeks of the Fall 2011 semester, students in ARTS 317, a seminar on the topic of collaboration taught by Assistant Professor of Studio Art David Teng Olsen, spent some time in the Book Arts Lab. Each student … Continue reading →

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Letterpress Printing of LTS Expo Poster in Book Arts Lab

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Jenifer Bartle

On Friday, August 26, 2011, Carolin Ferwerda, Instructional Technologist, Jenifer Bartle, Digital Collections Librarian, and Katherine Ruffin, Book Arts Program Director, printed letterpress posters for the upcoming 2011 LTS Expo in the Book Arts Lab on the fourth floor of Clapp Library. The Book Arts … Continue reading →

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